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  • Capstone Therapeutics dermatology, pulmonary news

    Capstone Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ:CAPS), Tempe, Ariz. Business: Dermatology, Pulmonary Capstone said it will cease development of its two compounds, AZX100 and TP508, to preserve cash and move towards winding down …

    Published on 1/30/2012
  • Cellectis, Precision BioSciences genomics news

    Cellectis S.A. (Euronext:ALCLS), Paris, France Precision BioSciences Inc., Durham, N.C. Business: Genomics Precision said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a non-final decision rejecting all Cellectis' …

    Published on 1/30/2012
  • Fresenius, Medicines Co. cardiovascular news

    Fresenius SE(Xetra:FRE), Bad Homburg, Germany The Medicines Co.(NASDAQ:MDCO), Parsippany, N.J. Business: Cardiovascular The Medicines Co. and Fresenius' APP Pharmaceuticals Inc. generics unit resolved patent litigation …

    Published on 1/30/2012
  • Merck neurology news

    Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Whitehouse Station, N.J. Business: Neurology Merck will pay C$21.8-C$36.9 million ($21.4-$36.2 million) to resolve civil claims in Canada related to its promotion and marketing of …

    Published on 1/30/2012
  • Momenta, Watson, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals cardiovascular, generics news

    Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTA), Cambridge, Mass. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE:WPI), Parsippany, N.J. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Business: Cardiovascular, Generics The U.S. …

    Published on 1/30/2012
  • Novo Nordisk endocrine/metabolic news

    Novo Nordisk A/S (CSE:NVO; NYSE:NVO), Bagsvaerd, Denmark Business: Endocrine/Metabolic Novo Nordisk said it would establish a Type I diabetes R&D center in Seattle, Wash. The company said the center would combine basic …

    Published on 1/30/2012
  • Alnylam endocrine/metabolic, hematology news

    Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNY), Cambridge, Mass. Business: Endocrine/Metabolic, Hematology Alnylam said it will restructure and reduce headcount by 61 (33%) to about 115 to focus on development of its ALN-…

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Alnylam, Isis, Tekmira drug delivery news

    Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNY), Cambridge, Mass. Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ISIS), Carlsbad, Calif. Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:TKM; NASDAQ:TKMR), Burnaby, B.C. Business: Drug delivery Alnylam …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Amarin cardiovascular news

    Amarin Corp. plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), Dublin, Ireland Business: Cardiovascular Amarin filed a response with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to a November non-final rejection letter for a patent application covering…

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Bioject drug delivery news

    Bioject Medical Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:BJCT), Tualatin, Ore. Business: Drug delivery Bioject retained financial advisor Snehal Patel to explore strategic alternatives, including the sale of the company. In its 3Q11 …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Dendright Pty. Ltd., J&J autoimmune news

    Dendright Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Australia Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), New Brunswick, N.J. Business: Autoimmune Dendright partnered with the Janssen-Cilag Pty. Ltd. Australian unit of Johnson & Johnson and received a …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Geron gene/cell therapy news

    Geron Corp. (NASDAQ:GERN), Menlo Park, Calif. Business: Gene/Cell therapy Geron disclosed in a Q&A session at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco that it has hired Stifel Nicolaus to "find excellent …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • J&J pharmaceuticals, diagnostic news

    Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), New Brunswick, N.J. Business: Pharmaceuticals, Diagnostic Johnson & Johnson opened its Janssen Labs "innovation center" at its La Jolla-based West Coast Research Center in San Diego. The …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • NovaDel genitourinary, drug delivery news

    NovaDel Pharma Inc. (OTCBB:NVDL), Bridgewater, N.J. Business: Genitourinary, Drug delivery NovaDel said it is continuing to seek strategic alternatives for the company, including raising capital or a sale of the company…

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Paragon Bioservices Inc. infectious news

    Paragon Bioservices Inc., Baltimore, Md. Business: Infectious Contract research and manufacturing organization Paragon received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for the development and subsequent GMP …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Quintiles supply/service news

    Quintiles Transnational Corp., Research Triangle Park, N.C. Business: Supply/Service CRO Quintiles launched a center of excellence in Dalian, China, to provide data management, biostatistics, postmarketing surveillance …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Takeda pharmaceuticals news

    Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo:4502), Osaka, Japan Business: Pharmaceuticals Takeda said it will reduce headcount by about 2,800 by the end of 2015 and consolidate R&D sites following last year's acquisition of …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • University of Oxford cancer, pharmacogenetics news

    University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. Business: Cancer, Pharmacogenetics The University of Oxford spun out Oxford Cancer Biomarkers Ltd. (Oxford, U.K.) to discover cancer biomarkers and provide cancer consulting services. …

    Published on 1/23/2012
  • Akebia ophthalmic, autoimmune news

    Akebia Therapeutics Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio Business: Ophthalmic, Autoimmune Akebia spun out Aerpio Therapeutics Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) to focus on diabetic eye disease. The newco's lead compound is AKB-9778, a tyrosine…

    Published on 1/16/2012
  • Albany Molecular Research supply/service, chemistry news

    Albany Molecular Research Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRI), Albany, N.Y. Business: Supply/Service, Chemistry Contract research and manufacturing services company Albany Molecular Research said it is considering closing its facility …

    Published on 1/16/2012
  • AlCana, Tekmira drug delivery news

    AlCana Technologies Inc., Vancouver, B.C. Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX:TKM; NASDAQ:TKMR), Burnaby, B.C. Business: Drug delivery The Supreme Court of British Columbia granted Tekmira's motion for a preliminary …

    Published on 1/16/2012
  • AstraZeneca pharmaceuticals news

    AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN), London, U.K. Business: Pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca hired Briggs Morrison as EVP of global medicines development. He succeeds Anders Ekblom, who will lead the newly created Science …

    Published on 1/16/2012
  • Bayer cardiovascular, cancer news

    Bayer AG (Xetra:BAY), Leverkusen, Germany Business: Cardiovascular, Cancer Bayersaid by late summer it plans to open a life science incubator at its U.S. Innovation Center in San Francisco, Calif. The incubator, which …

    Published on 1/16/2012
  • Cardio3 BioSciences cardiovascular, gene/cell therapy news

    Cardio3 BioSciences S.A., Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium Business: Cardiovascular, Gene/Cell therapy Cardio3 received 3.1 million ($4 million) from the Walloon Region and the EU's seventh Framework Program (FP7). Cardio3 …

    Published on 1/16/2012
  • Entelos Inc. computational chemistry/biology news

    Entelos Inc., San Mateo, Calif. Business: Computational chemistry/biology Private investor Clearlake Capital Group L.P. sponsored the recapitalization of Entelos and took a majority stake in the company. Existing …

    Published on 1/16/2012

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